Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment.

If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves

All economic activity is dependent upon that environment and its underlying resource base of forests, water, air, soil, and minerals. When the environment is finally forced to file for bankruptcy because its resource base has been polluted, degraded, dissipated, and irretrievably compromised, the economy goes into bankruptcy with it.

There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural resources, including fresh water, clean air, tillable soil, forests, wilderness, habitat for wildlife, minerals and recreational assets.

Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school

We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done.